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Had this at a restaurant at the Biltmore estate awhile back and was pretty happ with this one,pours a hazy gold/orange color with a nice sticky head aroma was zesty and hop tilted for sure with citric-like aromas abound.I do the nice malt balance to this ale though I didnt detect a malt presence in the aroma but came thry nicely here with a biscuit-like start with a zesty hop finish a easy drinker well made.I think Highland makes some real nice brews down there in NC. (472 characters)

Pours a pale bronze providing a scant head. The beer is hazy with a good amount of active carbonation. The hop aromas are overpowered with a fruit/apple fragrance. The flavor of this IPA is dominated with apple flavors rather than accented by them. For the style I feel that the hop character is lost due to the overpowering of what were intended to be fruit accents. The body is even bodied with a nice crispness, an overall good mouthfeel. While for the style I gave only a 3.5 I rated the drinkability at 4 because while I felt the fruitiness was a departure from the intended style, it was none-the-less a good tasting beer. (628 characters)

The first thing I noticed when I popped the cap was a fantastic flowery hop aroma. Because of the intense nose, I just assumed that the flavor of the brew was going to be just as intense, but at the first sip I was surprised yet again. The hops were definitely there but it wasn't overwhelming at all. The taste was on the dry side with the hops present throughout - obviously the nose and taste, but also in the clean dry finish. The color was a beautiful orange-golden hue with a perfect amount of carbonation. There was a good head on the pour which thinned quickly after just a few minutes, leaving decent lacing behind.

I'm a fan of hoppy brews and I really liked this one. It's relatively light, it's sharp with hops, has a quick dry finish, and it's from (relatively) local brewery! How can you go wrong! I can see a trip to the Highland Brewing Company sometime in the near future. (891 characters)

pours a beautiful clear golden hue. fairly thick head with nice lacing down the sides of the glass. lovely citrusy hop aroma comes through nicely. hops up front with a bit of sweetness in the finish. very refreshing beer. crisp and smooth with a wonderful hop taste to it. overall, a good pale ale that i will come back to often. (329 characters)

Thanks to mtnlover for the tip on where to find some of Highland Brewing's offerings in Kingsport, Tennessee. This pale ale pours a clear, amber gold body with a small, offwhite head. Some patchy lace is left down the glass.

Aroma features biscuity malt and a citrus rind hoppiness, mostly lemon. A hint of red apple is noted in the background.

Mouthfeel is light bodied and carbonation is medium.

Taste is slightly sweet, biscuity malt that is overwhelmed by a pronounced hoppiness. Dry, and somewhat bitter from a lemonrind hop flavor. I also note some pine flavor in the hop profile. Overall, this is well balanced and fresh tasting.

Good drinkability, and a bit above average for an American pale ale. Worth a try, but Highland's Gaelic Ale is much more complex and satisfying, in my humble opinion. (809 characters)

Enjoyable brew has an easy,pleasing feel. Picked this beer up on my vacation to the Outer Banks also had the ipa version of this beer.Similar taste to the ipa just lighter. Very nice highly drinkable beers,wish they were avalible in my area. (722 characters)

Pours out a medium amber color with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipates into a thin ring of lace. Some small amounts of lacing down the sides of the glass. The smell is very intriguing... I can't quite put my finger on the individual scents, but I definitely detect citrus notes and malt. The taste quite good in my humble opinion. It hits with an immediate bitterness and strong citrus (lemon?) flavor, then finishes dryly with more bitterness. An excellent pale ale. The mouthfeel is just what I would expect of this variety... full bodied compared to other offerings in this color range, but not so thick that you'd hate to drink it in hot weather. I feel this is an excellent regional beer that could be consumed again and again... definitely worth a try! (769 characters)

Appears a slightly hazed apricot copper hue with a vibrantly bubbled white head really looks inticing and the lacing is forming as the head settles with specks of scattered lace. Aroma is nice with dry hopped cascades kicking in floral mildly citrus based alpha acids with a mild biscuit malt sweetness, but once again the dry hopping really adds a nice hop nose to this brew. Flavor is balanced but assertively hoppy great flagship pale ale solid and not one dimensional in any way. I'm getting really fresh hop tones like citrus and floral tones with fresh cut grass herbal qualities and a nice fruity light biscuit malt with a touch of apricot flavor here, nice. Mouthfeel is oily with hop resins medium bodied even but crisp carbonation really smooth sessionable brew, I was thinking mediocre at best with this brew, but those folks in NC are getting this microbrew movement. Drinkability solid offering get me this one on a cask engine and I might find my session beer great drinkability I want another and I can handle a few of these that pretty much spells session beer. (1,077 characters)

T - less hoppy than expected, given aroma, but appropriate for style. Somewhat sweet for style but has a dry finish with a nice citrus hop flavor. I'd prefer something bolder and more complex, but that's why they make IPAs, etc.

M - very smooth but a bit thin; light-to-moderate carbonation.

Delicate but fine taste, with no off-flavors and good carbonation -- this beer goes down quick and easy. (604 characters)

On Tap at Fishbones in Greensboro. Nice deep pale color almost to copper, a shade past Amber.
Aroma- some piney hops, not pungent but present.
Mouthfeel- light malt body, good hop flavor that elicits some citrus notes and the hops are consistent without being astringent. A good froth livens up the citrus flavors really nice. Finishes with earthy-minty hops. Feels closer to an English pale, but at just over 5% this American Pale is quaffable and tasty. Support NC Breweries! Anything Highland makes is choice! (514 characters)